Deposition of Robert Tunstall

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Robert Tunstall late of the Towne and parish of Tinterne and Barony of Shilbirne and within the County of Wexford yeoman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined before vs by vertue of &c. Deposeth and saith. That on or aboute the last day of June 1642 & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt worth 56 li. 10 s.
Of Cowes and one nagg to the value of foure pounds ten shillinges Of houshould=stuffe to the value of fortie shilinges. The deponent likewise saith that by meanes of this presente rebellion in Ireland he was disspossessed of a lease for life of a house and gardens there vnto belonging and some tiethes both were woorth this deponent Comunibus annis seaven pounds per annum he is damnified by looseing the benefitt of the said lease fiftie pounds. The totall of his losses amounts to six & fiftie pounds ten shillinges besides of yerely meanes the losse of the benefitt of the clerkshipp of Tint erne aforesaid & the bayliff sh ipp of the Mannor of Tinterne aforesaid both woorth (yerly to this deponent fiue pounds per annum which he leaues to future Consideration. The deponent further saith that aboute the begining of August last this deponent he (among other protestants to the number of Two hundred persons young auld and got into in the said Castle of Tinterne aforesaid were besiedged by the vndernamed

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persons & their forces vizt. Hugh Rochfort of Taylorstowne high sheriff of the said County James Roch= fort <A> of the same gentleman John Rochfort & Mathew Rochfort of the same gentleman James Downe neere Mullinfooky in the said County gentleman Richard Sutton of Clomyne in the said County gentleman John Roch of Bryanston in the said County gentleman John Cocklogh of Poldarig in the said County gentleman John Deveroux of Croscale in the said County gentleman Walter Whitty of Dungolpe in the said County gentleman Richard Stafford of Kilkevane in the said County gentleman James Lewis of the Graige in the said County gentleman <+> Pierce Butler of Clon[ k ir]agh in the said County Esquire Collonell Michell Amas Haffan & diuers others of Alruske in the said County gentleman to the number of foure hundred armed men & kept close siedg to the said Castle for a forthnight where William Hatch of Tinterne aforesaid a brittish protestant was shot before the giueing vpp of the said Castle wherevpon he dyed, likewise dureing that siedge this deponent heard seuerall of the enemy call the protestants in the Castle rogues and Traytors to the Kinge & that they were the true subiects & what they did was by directions from his Maiesty & further he deposeth not
Robert [mark] Tunstalls
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Jurat coram nobis 14o
Jan 1642
Phil: Bisse.
Thomas Ellwell

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Wexford
Robert Tunstalls
examination
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